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A1022 crash in Ipswich on 23 October 2023 at 21:10 involving a Ford Fiesta

A car and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A1022 in Ipswich at 21:10 on Monday 23 October 2023. The 20-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Oct 2023
Monday, 21:10
Vehicles
2
Car and Ford Fiesta
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.05297, longitude 1.15762, in the IP4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ipswich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Alexandra, Ipswich, IP4 1DX area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Ipswich

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2023371366879
Council area
Ipswich
Police force
Suffolk
Police attended the scene
No, reported using a self completion form
Highway authority
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1022
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Second road class
A
Second road number
1022

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
0%
Estimated chance it was slight
100%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 September 2025.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Left-hand drive
    No

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)

    Home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 2023371366879 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Ipswich road accident statistics for 2023.